Blogs about: End Of Life
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Mountain View vols hear how to help families make end of life decisions
Cherie Lynn Davis, RN before her talk As one of the Care Companions who work in Mountain View’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cherie Lynn Davis, RN helps care for with families as they go thru end of lif… more →
Spiritual Care
Before the Eulogy
wrote 8 minutes ago: I recently attended a funeral mass for the father of a client. It was a wonderful occasion to reflec … more →
Further reading on what makes a good end of life
wrote 11 minutes ago: Judy Macdonald Johnston speaks at TED University, where audience members from TED2013 get the chance … more →
Palliative care in a domiciliary setting - Jane's story
wrote 4 hours ago: Introduction This is Jane’s story. All the names within this blog are anonymised. This story is on … more →
Dying Shouldn’t Be Taboo, Everyone Does It
wrote 13 hours ago: Ironically, putting myself completely out there with my blog and how I’m dealing with ALS is in a wa … more →
Voluntary euthanasia & the religious right
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wrote 17 hours ago: Tomorrow, May 23rd, the Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill introduced on May 2nd by Greens MP Cate Fa … more →
Hospitals Continue to Address Patient Pain With Palliative Care
wrote 21 hours ago: The expansion of palliative care into hospitals is an outgrowth of the hospice movement, a specific … more →
Living, Dying and Mandalas
wrote 1 day ago: It often happens when I am in shavasana pose, lying flat on my yoga mat gaping at an inverted univer … more →
Denouement: The Death of #SB303
wrote 2 days ago: The 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas still has a couple of weeks to go, and it ain’t ove … more →
Dying Matters - Diary of a New Chief Officer Week 2
wrote 2 days ago: I’ve just completed my second week at Primrose Hospice in Bromsgrove and what a week it has be … more →
Unintended Consequences: Obstruction of Patient Choice
wrote 3 days ago: by Sue Dessayer Porter, Bioethics Program Alumna (MSBioethics 2011) Oregon was the first state to le … more →
ASSISTED DYING!
wrote 3 days ago: Euthanasia machine invented by Dr. Philip Nitschke, on display at Science Museum, London. (Photo cre … more →
I WANT MY CHILD BACK!!!
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wrote 3 days ago: I WANT MY CHILD BACK!!!. … more →
Understanding hospice facts and myths
wrote 3 days ago: Understanding hospice facts and myths The Hospice Foundation of America has been educating the publi … more →
First Steps As A Named Health Care Agent
wrote 4 days ago: Hi there, my name’s Bridget Mackay. I am an attorney. I practice in Petaluma, California, in t … more →
Our Common Cause as Adult Children
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wrote 4 days ago: You won’t find this blog post until you’re ready to think about what we have in common: the sometime … more →
Healthcare Headlines Week of May 13, 2013
wrote 5 days ago: Doctors’ Choice of Words Critical to End-of-Life Decisions The way doctors present end-of-life … more →
Deathbed Singers, Threshold Choirs, Grow To Comfort Sick And Dying
wrote 5 days ago: WASHINGTON — Always face the person in the chair. Sense their breath, the rising and falling o … more →
WIN8: Microsoft's Misstep?
wrote 5 days ago: The author runs the table on OSes: I have a Linux-laptop, a Windows XP laptop and desktop, a Window … more →
My Testimony on #SB303 (Conscience, Rights, Medical Judgment and Law)
wrote 6 days ago: Note: I’ve heard that there’s a new Committee Substitute that will soon be introduced th … more →
